{"id":6361,"date":"2019-01-15T16:56:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/mcdonalds-loses-case-against-irish-rival\/"},"modified":"2019-01-15T16:56:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T16:56:30","slug":"mcdonalds-loses-case-against-irish-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/mcdonalds-loses-case-against-irish-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald’s loses case against Irish rival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An Irish fast food company has won a case against McDonald’s to prevent it trademarking the terms “Big Mac” and “Mc” in some instances in Europe.<\/p>\n

The European Union Intellectual Property Office ruled McDonald’s had not proven genuine use of “Big Mac” as a burger or a restaurant name. <\/p>\n

Galway-based Supermac’s said it opened the door to register its brand in Europe as a trademark.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time McDonald’s has gone to the courts over prefixes. <\/p>\n